Animal food



Patented Sept. '16, 1939 UNrrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE HARRY M. WEBEE,,OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGN'OR TO ELLIS-FOSTER COM- IPANY, OFMONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY ANIMAL FOOD NoDrawing. Application filed July 10,

of having sufficient proteid carbohydrate but no consideration has beengiven to the vital factors of foods, namely the so-called vitamines inthe preparation of the biscuit nor has there been any means taken topreserve the vitamines that may have been present in the blscuit uponstorage. Feedmg dogs with 7 these vitamins-deficient biscuits withoutany supplementary foods has led to a diseased condition and in somecases death of the animal due to scurvy, rickets and the likeattributable to the original lack of or subsequent destruction of theaccessory food factors.

In the present invention it is the object to prepare a biscuit which initself is as nearly as possible a complete foodfordogs without thenecessity of supplementary feeding to furnish the necessary healthpreserving and growth-promoting constituent. Furthermore by means of.the present invention a biscuit is obtained having a coating which isimpervious or nearly impervious to the air thereby retarding theoxidation .of the socalled vitamines presentand in addition fissuringofthe biscuit isreduced or in most casesehminated. The fissuring 1sdGt-IIIIIGII t'al not only from the standpoint of mechanical perfectionof the biscuit but also due to fissuring oxidation ofthevitamine contentof the biscuit is more rapid and complete upon storage. V

I have found that a biscuit can be prepared from ingredients which byproper baking treatment will yield a foodstuff for dogs Whichminimizesthe necessity of the use of supplementary feedings. The desiredvitamines may be obtained from any suitable source but among otherconsiderations cost of the raw materials must-be taken. Rice polishingsor rice bran serve as the source of the anti-neuritic vitamine presentin the 1928. Serial No. 291,692.

biscuit while wheat flour which has not been bleached or treatedchemically to whiten it contains vitamine B or the growth-promoting foodaccessory. Other suitable sources. of vitamine A and B arevegetableswhich may or may not have been desiccated. If desiccatedhowever desiccation must have been carried out under conditions such asnot to have injured or destroyed the vitamine content. Protectionagainst scurvy is aided by the use of milk in the preparation of thehiscuit but in this respect supplementary feeding of foods rich invitamine C or the antiscorbutic vitamine is desirable.

I have also found th atby curving the biscuit slightly it enables a.dog, particularly younger dogs, to handle the biscuit more readily. Thecurving of the biscuit may be accomplished by baking the biscuit on acurved surface and this is readily accomplished in the present daycontinuous baking ovens in use. In the examples given below the partsare by weight. As an example of the present invention the following isgiven:

100 parts of wheat flour (middling gra de),

100 parts of rice bran, 1% parts of malt syrup, 20 parts of glucose, 1%parts of salt, 100 parts of water, 40 parts of milk The above materialswere mixed toform a stiff dough, shaped by cutting and baked on a curvedsurface at 450 F. for 15 minutes. The biscuit prepared in thismannerbecame hard on standinghad a good surface and showed no signs offissuring. a a

A superior form of composition in that it contains a greater quantity ofthe growthpromoting vitamines is as follows:

100 partsof rice polishings, 100 partsof rice bran, 1% parts of maltsyrup, 1% parts of salt, 20 parts of glucose, 40 parts of milk, 100parts water. The above material was mixed to form a stiff dough or pasteand baked at 450 F. for 15 minutes. The biscuits obtained were somewhatmore moist than in the preceding formula and required a somewhat longertime to become dry and hard but the biscuit obtained shows no signs offissuring and had a good surface.

An example of a somewhat shorter biscuit Oilffiparts oisalt, 1 A; partsof malt ex I tract, 2(1) parts. glucose, '40 parts mi parts of we en.The cod liver Oil, milkand water were first mixed and the oilemulsifiecl byr rapidbeetingi ,Thje; solutien I was then added tosfmixture pfythe, dry 1 ir gre lients,' mixed 'to form a stiff dough orpaste and baked on a curved surface. The biscuit Obv V whenHOHrfiSSIlI'Gd. a'sth'e absence; of fissures I taineclhadfabettertexture'tha n either of the aboye formulas in that-it was less 'meistcgatlng 1 (d liver 7 iiientioned above the;

make the 'eenter'ieffthe. biscuit betwee hflbne- 4 0'- jthat' a dog,particularly;.wyouiig'jeloga is ei ryes being proportionaltotheflen'gtli Of the biscuit so that the Wetclqugh n being placed fiponthei'pann'aturallyi assumes the shapeof V wherrlyiiig inthispesition,Thecurv'e may i o i rs'ejb o ny grw ut st: is

and somewhat shprter. It dried more rep idly and. {had seinewhatf'moreimpervieiis being them'o'st desirablei I s H 7 rvi go t iq ie cuit,fs,o'asltofmakee-tippingq p 'bis'cint so emihld toi hj indle the biscuit? atgreat" ash nbre' i i;ben e c l l he .i is .i

- with howevertheiimprovement oi havlngtheh r r nfiw ll -bii e h l -fi sin; he present-day 'centinueus baking ve sis to a ihevelthepansonjyhi'chthebiscuitsjare baked me'debp in'a; series. effeuryed surfa'ces thetheleurvedsufface [and is then baked herd sii'alble eiirve lwe uld beefs uch a degree as to n fourthjand on'e halfof Qztn inch above theplane of the ends' o f the biscuit. Another wa w h nipp n i it em fli'sgby lire-forming thedough so as to have the ends of theg bis'cuitshape'df'to ii'orm ah angle .th aitjibyfa dog hijerelyi-treadingien the:

' en d' 'oithe biseuitjghe eppgsite end ivolild. be

reisedfiil the air. enablipgpthe"lbiseiiit t dbe readil V A bisefliti'nbar form i desirabletasjtheb eaten by. the The .shaped eridsb, cealdbe 'forriiedaih 1a suitable j'molel belied as in the ffbregoihg ftipping o'rtilting efiectis readily obtaineelfby producing I the bar inbent or slightly ciiryecl shape so. thatfit doesfnot: rest fiii'nly QHthe fiber. Mereover the bar shape lends te 'com:--=

'pa-fitnes'sin packaging; A barbie 8 incl1es long, 11/ to 2inehes'injwiclth and about ipliths ovfman inch in thickness is an apprqpriate size "for full grown (legs: The thieknessmeyrhe (if).

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be 'li adei'somewhatinfthe ferm fer 'affeinur boiie as set; ferth' inE'l-lis' Tatent NOQ9823711'5Q 'femur while' an thesame' tiine having acurvafe tureresemblilig a ribborijebran angularbencl il'ee'; either end"to" accom-f 1 plish the'same es tQ y A 'rod uct somewhatvpjgirdxirrifltin'gtfib present invention. I denot-xhoyvever n ec'esl-fi arily'fellowthe propertiensefribb'enesas s r a some hat thicker orheayier' predlict'is less Q r il i m rse .l s 'lik urtherfeat1ireofh yinyehtioii bizdj'rying or during thebakedbisei1ifisf' fThablef-emount'ef,nieistilre; "leithiseenditieii if "immediately'paekaged-mbulding isglik'ely :na-- tO' result-i1 Thisisespeciallytruegiri theea se bf vitamineehriehedi product Withihgthe 5I sbopeef the present inVentiOILiI therefQre f preferably siibjeet thebaked biscuit; to jairdrying or agingll ltilthe moisture hdseVaPAorateel' to an extent'suflleienttooVrcome'dan Y .b ger from fmoulding;This inay'ta'ke severel (lays or several,weeks'depnding up'onfthefcuring eonclitions; 1 In dry weather fer ex humidity is View fordihary"air-drying 'may serve the 'purposejwhileiiiider humid eeiidi tion's arpoin artifieially'hea ted and wellyem tilated maybe used it adva age.Berin the dry iing opera'tlon it is desirable not t dheet it should benoted that the illustrations given may be widely varied as for exampleby reducing the content of glucose that is present or omitting thelatter entirely. Other changes in the proportions of the ingredients maybe made as is well known to those skilled in the art.

The biscuits preferably are packed in containers lined with waxed paper.

Reference is made to the applicants companion case, Serial Number702,134, filed March 26, 1924, of which the present application is acontinuation in part.

Having thus set forth my invention, I

claim: 1. A substantially bar-shaped dog biscuit of generallyconcavo-convex shape in longitudinal cross-section, capable when restingon its concave face, of being easily grasped intermediate its ends, andwhen resting on its convex face, of being easily grasped at either end,whereby said biscuit is capable of being handled readily by an animal atany time during consumption.

2. A rockable, substantially bar-shaped dog biscuit of generallyconcavo-convex shape in longitudinal cross-section, and having flattenedfaces and knobbed ends, whereby said biscuit is capable of being handledreadily by an animal at any time during consumption.

HARRY M. WEBER.

